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Dr Andrew W M Smith

Teaching Fellow

Andrew Smith's research focuses on concepts of centre and periphery,
analysing various contexts in which this relationship has shaped developments
within and beyond the structure of the Modern state.

His thesis was
entitled, The Comité Régional d’Action
Viticole (CRAV): Regional identity, violence and the challenges of
modernisation in the Languedoc (1944-1992). This focused on
the development of the wine industry in the French Languedoc during the
Twentieth Century. The thesis unpicks the contentious issues of regionalism
(and regional nationalism), class conflict and violence by studying the
experience of militant winegrowers and their relationship to Trade Unions, the
forces of order and the general public.

He has also looked at the
relationship between the colonial periphery and the Metropolitan centre,
analysing how legal and economic reforms ushered in by the 1956 Loi Cadre laid the foundation of the
neo-colonial relationship. Tracing the networks and relationships of actors in
the centre and periphery during these decision making processes shaped an
understanding of the vested interests and para-political influences brought to
bear on crucial reforms.

He recently completed an
engagement project in conjunction with Tangmere Military Aviation Museum,
analysing SOE flights during the Second World War and the cross-border
transfers they invoked. He is now working on a large collaborative project with
the Open University, helping to analyse the concept of Cultural Value through
an investigation of funding reviews for the British Council and BBC World
Service.

Qualifications & memberships of professional bodies

2012

PhD

QMUL

2008

MLitt

University of St Andrews

2007

MA

University of St Andrews

Courses taught

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